Domenico Modugno - Domenico Modugno [CD2] (2013)
Domenico Modugno - Domenico Modugno [CD2] (2013)
1 Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu 2 Zitto Zitto, Doce Doce 3 Io, Mammeta E Tu 4 La Sveglietta 5 Lazzarella 6 Le Morte Chitarre 7 Notte Lunga Notte 8 Nuda 9 Olympia 10 Mi Dai La Carica 11 La Novia (La Sposa) 12 'Na Musica 13 Notte Chiara
DOMENICO MODUGNO was known all over the world as 'Mister Volare'. The nickname came from the refrain 'Volare, oh, oh-oh' of his 1958 hit song 'Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu'. Modugno explained that he wrote the song while thinking of a painting by Chagall, of a man, with half of his face painted blue, looking out of a window. With 'Volare' - which has become, along with O sole mio, the most famous of all Italian songs - Modugno won his first Grammy Award and sold 30 million records.
With over 200 recordings to his name and 60 million records sold, Modugno was the most successful Italian performing artist in history and as a cantautore ('singer and author') he was considered the father of modern Italian songwriting. In Italy, throughout his long career, Modugno was greatly loved because he always remained himself and never put on airs.
Modugno was much more than just a singer. He also appeared in 17 films, 14 plays and musicals, won the Italian Song Festival of Sanremo four times, three Grammy awards and numerous other prizes. ---Wolfgang Achtner, independent.co.uk
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